Using a Social Accounting Matrix analyses five policy options for land conservation such as reduction of peanut monoculture, internal and international migration, regional development, reforestation and land tenure reform.

Outlines the history of debt bondage and forced labour in India and describes constitutional and legal provisions for its prohibition. Formulates a perspective plan for the elimination of forced and bonded labour and the rehabilitation of bonded labourers. Examines the roles of employers'...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effects of petroleum exports and agrarian reform on rural area labour markets in the 1970s in Ecuador - discusses agrarian structure, land tenure, absorption of family labour in family farms and agricultural employment across farm size categories, rural...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on rural area labour markets in Peru - discusses the historical background, agrarian structure, farm size, social structure, internal migration, seasonal unemployment, agricultural income, impact of land reform, obstacles to labour market expansion, impact on...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of choice of technology in development policy strategies for income redistribution and poverty alleviation - examines impact on labour force participation and wage structures of low income groups; discusses alternatives based on land reform, rapid...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on nature and trends of rural area poverty and income distribution in Costa Rica - briefly outlines historical background to the agricultural economy; discusses recent trends in agricultural production, agricultural mechanization, farm size, etc.; examines land...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining rural area poverty trends and causes with a view to strategies for rural development in developing countries - discusses origins of poverty relating to unequal distribution of land ownership and public investment, choice of technology, etc., and considers...

ILO pub. Working paper, case studies of social implications and economic implications of structural change in plantations in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya and Tanzania - examines trends affecting agricultural production of cash crops and agricultural employment; comments on legislation regarding...

Based on a survey of 9,000 formal sector workers undertaken in 1990. Looks at the relationship between wage levels and educational levels (finding high returns to education), and wage levels and occupation.